Gaiety's visual representation as a fursona (an original furry fandom character) depicted as an animated gif falling downward with a controlled hand outstretched. Faer hair and tail waves in the wind while their floppy dog ears flop about as well. Fae are an anthromorphic canine like a german shepherd clothed like a human in a t-shirt and denim shorts. Art is by Lynte.

Work

✔️ Experience gained through the years

Independent Contractor (PowerSchool, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

(June 2024 - Current) Surfacing scientific papers for educators who can make a difference. Built with Phoenix, Typescript, Lit and PostgreSQL.

Senior Accessibility Tool Developer at Deque Systems

(April 2024 - June 2024) Focused on using Typescript and Playwright to improve axe-core and axe linter for better A11y tooling on the web.

Senior Software Engineer at Allovue (PowerSchool)

(Aug 2019 - Jul 2020, April 2022 - February 2024) Functional programming in Elixir, Ember.js and Postgres powering school budgeting nationwide.

UI Engineer at Oncue

(Apr 2021 - Apr 2022) React, component design systems, A11y and more!

Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer at SkillsEngine

(Aug 2020 - April 2021) Working with Texas State Technical College (TSTC) at SkillsEngine to connect employers, educators and students in new ways through technology via Ember.js apps.

Developer III at Q2ebanking

(Jan 2016 - Aug 2019) Enterprise Ember.js & Vue.js powered banking software used by tens of millions worldwide. Mentoring, writing test automation, and writing a component for native HTML Web Components.

Senior Web Engineer at Rendia

(2013 - Dec 2015) Launched two Ember.js, HTML5 Video & Canvas powered enterprise scale apps now educating thousands of patients nationwide. Lead UX design initiatives, tech stack decisions and technical project management.

Interactive Technologies Lead & Web Admin at Cyto Communications

(May 2011 - Dec 2012) Developed, designed and animated projects for Host Hotels & Resorts, Johns Hopkins Health System, World Wildlife Fund and more.

Web Design & Dev Intern at Antharia

(Jan 2010 - Aug 2010) Working with a homegrown CMS, custom coded solutions in response to new situations fueled my learning every day.

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Resume

Work history, skills, volunteering and talks given all in a one page PDF.

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Git

Coding projects and such on a self hosted Forgejo instance.